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We need a breakdownon all those casino jobs

I would like to see a list of some of the cities that have benefited from having a casino in their city centre.

I can name several that have had their downtown areas gutted by casinos, namely Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Niagara Falls and Windsor.

As to the 10,000 jobs touted by the proponents, if they had visited a casino lately they would know that they are for the most part automated. The women who sold the tokens for slot machines have been replaced by automated slot machines. Any winnings come in the form of a paper tape, which is then taken to another machine for the cash. Machines give change for large bills and ATM machines are there to give more cash.

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There are still dealers at poker tables and roulette wheels and one assumes there are money counters in some area, but 10,000 jobs?

Let’s have a breakdown of where these jobs would be.

Wait and convention staff would be coming from the surrounding restaurants and convention centres.

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